Now automated test runs - installs and boots NixOS - on my computer. Some minor issue with socat transferring report from virtual machine to host, though.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=12830

installer/cd-dvd/closed-install.nix

@@ -66,4 +66,8 @@ in
 			'';
 		}
 	];
+        nix = pkgs: pkgs.nixCustomFun (pkgs.nixUnstable.src)
+          ""
+          ["nix-reduce-build" "nix-http-export.cgi"]
+          ["--with-docbook-xsl=\\\${pkgs.docbook5_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook/"];
 }).rescueCD

installer/cd-dvd/remote-install-scripts/install-script.sh

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mkdir -p /mnt/etc/nixos
 
 cat > /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix <<EOF
 
-{
+pkgs: full_configuration: {
   boot = {
     grubDevice = "/dev/sda";
     copyKernels = true;
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ cat > /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix <<EOF
   };
 
   environment = {
-    extraPackages = pkgs: [
-      pkgs.socat
+    extraPackages = [
+      pkgs.socat (pkgs.lowPrio pkgs.nixUnstable)
     ];
+    nix = pkgs.nixCustomFun (pkgs.nixUnstable.src)
+      ""
+      ["nix-reduce-build" "nix-http-export.cgi"]
+      ["--with-docbook-xsl=\\\${pkgs.docbook5_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook/"];
   };
 }
 

installer/cd-dvd/remote-install-scripts/install-test.sh

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ echo "reboot" | ./socat/bin/socat tcp-listen:4424 stdio >> report &
 if ( ! [ -d dvd/iso ] ) || ( [ -z "$USE_LEFTOVER_DVD" ] ); then
     rm dvd
     # unset NIXPKGS_CONFIG to reduce host -> image configuration leak
-    NIXPKGS_CONFIG= nix-build -o dvd /etc/nixos/nixos/configuration/closed-install.nix || 
+    NIXPKGS_CONFIG= nix-build -o dvd /etc/nixos/nixos/installer/cd-dvd/closed-install.nix || 
       { echo "Failed to build LiveDVD" >&2 ;  exit 2; };
 fi;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if ( ! [ -f install-test.img ] ) || ( [ -z "$JUST_BOOT" ] ); then
     ) | ssh -l root -i /var/certs/ssh/id_livedvd -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no 127.0.0.1 -p 4425
 fi;
 
-./qemu/bin/qemu --kernel-kqemu -m 512 install-test.img -no-reboot 
+./qemu/bin/qemu --kernel-kqemu -m 128 install-test.img -no-reboot 
 
 echo "Report contains: "
 cat report

installer/cd-dvd/rescue-cd-configurable.nix

@@ -40,14 +40,16 @@
   */
   ,additionalFiles ? []
   ,compressImage ? false
-  ,nixpkgsPath ? ../../nixpkgs
+  ,nixpkgsPath ? ../../../nixpkgs
   ,additionalJobs ? []
-  ,intel3945FWEnable ? false
+  ,intel3945FWEnable ? true
+  ,intel4965FWEnable ? true
   ,cdLabel ? "NIXOS_INSTALLATION_CD"
   ,relName ?
     if builtins.pathExists ../../relname
     then builtins.readFile ../../relname
     else "nixos-${builtins.readFile ../../VERSION}"
+  ,nix ? pkgs: pkgs.nix
 }:
 let 
   realLib = if lib != null then lib else (import (nixpkgsPath+"/pkgs/lib"));
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ rec {
       kernelModules = bootKernelModules;
       extraModulePackages = ((extraModulePackages pkgs)
       ++(if aufs then [(kernelPackages pkgs).aufs] else [])
+      ++(pkgs.lib.optional intel3945FWEnable (kernelPackages pkgs).iwlwifi)
       );
     };
     
@@ -159,6 +162,13 @@ rec {
       sshd = { enable = sshdEnabled; };
       
       xserver = { enable = false; };
+
+      udev = {
+        addFirmware = []
+	  ++ (pkgs.lib.optional intel3945FWEnable pkgs.iwlwifi3945ucode)
+	  ++ (pkgs.lib.optional intel4965FWEnable pkgs.iwlwifi4965ucode)
+	  ;
+      };
    
       extraJobs = [
         # Unpack the NixOS/Nixpkgs sources to /etc/nixos.
@@ -314,6 +324,7 @@ rec {
       ] ++ (packages pkgs);
       checkConfigurationOptions = true;
       cleanStart = cleanStart;
+      nix = nix pkgs;
     };
   
     users = {
@@ -326,10 +337,6 @@ rec {
       }
     ];
     
-    networking = {
-      enableIntel3945ABGFirmware = intel3945FWEnable;
-    };
-
   }; in preConfiguration // (arbitraryOverrides preConfiguration);
  
   configurations = [{